Post #517354 by little lost tiki on Sun, Mar 14, 2010 7:40 PM

Oh aren't you LUCKY?
Got time to show you how to do a bleachpen/ink drawerin!

same paper as before...

covered the surface with yellow and olive
let it dry
and then....
grabbed one of these....
it has 2 tips
1 is fine
1 is all scrubby and brushy!
that's the end we're using today...

Scrub out a Hei-Tiki,a Manaia,whatever you like,just do it fast and messy!
like this!

here's a closeup to show y'alls HOW messy!

then, after washing off the bleach pen
while the paper is still wet
i grab a piece of black paper
(that comes with every pack of Aquarelle paper)
it's like the protective sheet over the actual paper...
and press it onto the wet page
to tone down the ink of the page AND the bleach a lil
it dulls it down a tad.....

here's a closeup to show you how it not only dusts down the image
but also creates yet another texture of interest to play with!

next step....the Pentel brush pen!
my good friend this week!

This guy is used for thick and thin outlines
the bigger details of the drawing....

here's some close-up areas to take a gander at...

aaaaaaaand DONE!
ready for the next step....
which is creating some shadows
to bring the middle guy forward and the background to go into...
well,the background!

you can see how,by simply wetting a brush with water
how it "picks" up the ink and spreads it
and blends into a delightful shadow!

after all that dries
you will need a finepoint and regular sharpie marker
this will be used for the ULTRA-DETAIL of this piece
it can also be used to crosshatch shadows and texture into a drawing
but this one is going to have enough already!

Here's some detail in the tongue...
giving it an almost eye-like appearance!

it's always good to have a reference book handy
you don't want to wander TOO far from the original intent...

Here's some torso/leg/arm/hand action

and the detail around the eye..

Didn't bother with hi-lights or extra shading
because the viewer would be distracted by the movement of the
decorative elements already in the drawing...
So there you have it......

"Maori"
ink,bleachpen and sharpie on Aquarelle watercolor paper

Have a fine evening!